One of the best shooters in the conference and Steven Ashworth. | Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images It's to Xavier's credit that they've fought so far back that this game matters. At the beginning of February, Xavier's season was on life support. Having played the Big East's toughest schedule to that point, they were 5-6 in the league and 13-9 overall. A full WAB on the … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Creighton: preview, matchups, keys to the game
The Kalkbrenner Conundrum
How does a face that doesn’t look old enough to drive live on a body that puts it so far off the ground? | Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images Xavier plays host to maybe the best big man in the league on Saturday; what are they going to do about it? Ryan Kalkbrenner has a case for being the best big man in the Big East. Heck, he’s got a case for being the best player in the … [Read more...] about The Kalkbrenner Conundrum
The best 30 minute team in the nation
Scott Rausenberger-Imagn Images Xavier is so good, and then so bad. Or they are so bad, and then so good. 40 minutes is not a lot longer than 30 minutes, really. If you can run for 30 minutes, another ten is unlikely to kill. If you have 40 minutes left in a shift at work it doesn’t seem like the next ten are terribly vital. A 40 minute show isn’t a significantly … [Read more...] about The best 30 minute team in the nation
Xavier holds off Seton Hall 73-66
Scott Rausenberger-Imagn Images The Musketeers started and ended this game playing as the Mr Hyde version of this team, but got enough Dr Jekyll in the middle to avoid a Q3 loss. In a game that they needed to avoid losing in order to keep their hopes at an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament alive, Xavier played the worst team in the Big East more or less even for the … [Read more...] about Xavier holds off Seton Hall 73-66
Xavier v. Seton Hall: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Seton Hall team picture. | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images The must-not-losiest of all must-not-lose games. Seton Hall is bad. A more coarse writer might even say they suck. They already had 2 losses on the year before they played their first game outside of Q4. They somehow beat Virginia Commonwealth by a bucket on a neutral floor - one of their two wins in the top two quads … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Seton Hall: preview, matchups, keys to the game